May 25 - Deaths

Deaths

• 615 – Pope Boniface IV (b. 550)
• 709 – Aldhelm, English-Latin poet and scholar, Bishop of Salisbury (b. 639)
• 967 – Emperor Murakami of Japan (b. 926)
• 992 – Mieszko I of Poland (b. 935)
• 1085 – Pope Gregory VII (b. 1020)
• 1261 – Pope Alexander IV (b. 1185)
• 1452 – John Stafford, English statesman, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
• 1555 – Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
• 1595 – Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
• 1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
• 1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
• 1693 – Madame de La Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
• 1741 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 – Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 – Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
• 1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal (b. 1719)
• 1805 – William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1848 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
• 1849 – Benjamin d'Urban, English general (b. 1777)
• 1899 – Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 – Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
• 1917 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
• 1919 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 – Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1924 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
• 1926 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
• 1927 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
• 1930 – Randall Davidson, Scottish bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
• 1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
• 1940 – Joe De Grasse, American director (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (b. 1902)
• 1943 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1946 – Marcel Petiot, French doctor and serial killer (b. 1897)
• 1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian writer (b. 1887)
• 1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 – Leo Goodwin, American freestyle swimmer, diver and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
• 1968 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 – Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and writer (b. 1932)
• 1977 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Itzhak Bentov, Czech scientist (b. 1923)
• 1979 – John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
• 1981 – Fredric Warburg, English publisher and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Jean Rougeau, French-Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
• 1983 – Black Jack Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1990 – Vic Tayback, American actor (b.1930)
• 1994 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit) (b. 1940)
• 1995 – Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
• 1996 – Bradley Nowell, American singer-songwriter and musician (Sublime) (b. 1968)
• 2000 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (b. 1946)
• 2002 – Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American singer and guitarist (The Mars Volta and De Facto) (b. 1976)
• 2004 – Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishing company (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Robert Jankel, English automotive designer, founder of Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
• 2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian actor and writer (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, and educator (b. 1931)
• 2007 – Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballet dancer (b. 1958)
• 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Camu Tao, American rapper and producer (The Weathermen) (b. 1977)
• 2009 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
• 2010 – Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
• 2010 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (b. 1936)
• 2010 – Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Silvius Magnago, Italian politician (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
• 2010 – Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Dilip, Indian actor (b. 1955)
• 2012 – Keith Gardner, Jamaican athlete (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (b. 1919)